Eupatorium perfoliatum


Proving Symptoms of homeopathy medicine Eupatorium Perfoliatum, described by Richard Hughes in his book, A Cyclopedia of Drug Pathogenesis, published in 1895…….


Introduction

Eupatorium perfoliatum, bone set, ague – weed, thorough – wort.

Provings

I. WILLIAMSON. (No information given.) Headache with sense of soreness internally, better in house, aggravated on first going into open air, relieved by conversation; pain extending from forehead into occiput, greatest in left side; beating pain in nape and occiput, better on rising; darting pains through temples; with sensation of blood rushing across head; heat on top of head, with pain, which is relieved by pressure; soreness of eyeballs.; redness of margins of lids, with glutinous secretion from meibomian glands; increased lachrymation; flushed face; redness of cheeks, with dry skin; paleness of mucous membrane of mouth; tongue covered with white fur; dryness of throat; insipid taste in mouth; loss of appetite; distaste for food. Nocturnal thirst for something cold; thirst for cold water; desire for icecream; belching of tasteless wind, with feeling of obstruction at pit of stomach; sensation of something in stomach that ought to come up, without ability to raise it; general shuddering, proceeding from stomach; sense of fulness in stomach; beating at epigastrium in night; heat in stomach; nausea and vomiting of food; vomiting preceded by thirst; distressing disposition to vomit; nausea and vomiting, with free perspiration and copious expectoration; qualmishness from odorous, as smell of food cooking; tight clothing is oppressive; soreness and fulness in region of liver; toughness in left hypochondrium; purging stools, with smarting and heat in anus; tenesmus, with a small loose evacuation; 4 or 5 watery stools in day; urine scanty and high coloured; copious evacuation of limpid urine; dark-coloured clear urine. Hacking cough in evening; cough with soreness and heat in bronchiae; cough, aggravated in evening; aching pain under left breast; inability to lie on left side; soreness in chest, from taking a full inspiration grating sensation in chest at every full inspiration; weakness in small of back; deep-seated pain in loins, with soreness from motion; pain in back, as from a bruise; beating pain in nape; stiffens of arms; painful soreness in both wrists as if broken or dislocated; stiffness of fingers, with obtuseness os sense of touch; pain with extreme sensitiveness in left glutei muscle, passing round in front of trochanter major; pain (increased by standing) and soreness or upper part of left foot, with increased sensibility of left big toe; stiffness and general soreness of lower extremities when rising to walk; pain in first joint of left great toe, which suddenly moves to corresponding joints of right one; pricking in soles of feet; aching in right hip, while sitting; heat in soles in morning; chilliness through night, and in morning with nausea, form least motion; aching pain and soreness, as from having been beaten, in calves of legs, small of back, and in arms above and below elbows; aching in bones of extremities, with soreness of flesh; chilliness, with excessive trembling and nausea; chilliness in morning, heat through rest of day, but no perspiration; nocturnal sweat, with chilliness from movement or removal of covering; alternate chilliness and flashes of heat. (Mat. med. of amer. Provings).

Richard Hughes
Dr. Richard Hughes (1836-1902) was born in London, England. He received the title of M.R.C.S. (Eng.), in 1857 and L.R.C.P. (Edin.) in 1860. The title of M.D. was conferred upon him by the American College a few years later.

Hughes was a great writer and a scholar. He actively cooperated with Dr. T.F. Allen to compile his 'Encyclopedia' and rendered immeasurable aid to Dr. Dudgeon in translating Hahnemann's 'Materia Medica Pura' into English. In 1889 he was appointed an Editor of the 'British Homoeopathic Journal' and continued in that capacity until his demise. In 1876, Dr. Hughes was appointed as the Permanent Secretary of the Organization of the International Congress of Homoeopathy Physicians in Philadelphia. He also presided over the International Congress in London.